Thanks for the info… good to know. I was gunna report the tagged fish i caught but no need i guess.. also, i always thought that crew on the river was collecting eggs for the hatchery…
Amazing video like always! Come down to Washington sometime and go steelheading on the Olympic peninsula, looking to go summer steelheading for my graduation over there!
Quite important job there and probably very interesting for you that have fishing videoes more or less for a living and obv are dependant of healthy fish stocks, good stuff as usual:)
Interesting to say the least. I have a few questions; How many tags do they do in that period of time? Are the tags biodegradable? It looks to be plastic and could harm an animal or bird if swallowed? I am just curious not trying to be negative. It would be cool if they had a call center for the tags or do they? Do they share the data information on a website? Anyways nice video as always.
Very good questions. Typically, around 100 fish are tagged per day and this goes on for about two months as long as river conditions permit. I can't comment on the biodegradability of the tags because I don't know, but I will ask. There isn't a specific phone number for the public to phone in about the tags. The raw data is not likely to be shared as it is just too much, but the post-season estimate of the run which is determined by using this data is always available on Fisheries and Oceans Canada's website (or mine).
didn't know ur allowed to keep fish with tags...didn't know that...I was always told your not allowed...But it's better to release it...which I always if accidentmy hook
